The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2016 Football Roster
Roster
Devin Duvernay
- Position:
- WR
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Sachse, Texas
- High School:
- Sachse
- Major:
- Sport Management
A four-year wide receiver who played in all 52 games and made 30 starts … named to the All-Big 12 First Team and was honorable mention as Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year in 2019 … added to the Biletnikoff Award midseason watch list in 2019 … named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week twice… a three-time Academic All-Big 12 first team selection (2017, 2018, 2019) … also a six-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (fall 2016, spring 2017, fall 2017; spring 2018, spring 2019, fall 2019) … named to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie team in 2016-17 … named Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Week (Oct. 17, 2016) … was selected to participate in the 2016 Under Armour All-America Game … also participated in the 2015 Nike “The Opening”.
SENIOR (2019)
Played in and started in 13 games …earned first-team All-Big 12 honors for the first time in his career … was honorable mention as Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year … a semifinalist for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award … was named the Biletnikoff Award’s midseason watch list … caught 106 passes for 1,341 yards and nine touchdowns … his 106 receptions and 1,386 receiving yards are the second-most in school history … his 1,386 receiving yards place him fifth nationally … led all Big 12 receivers in catches, catches per game, receiving yards, receiving yards per game and was third in receiving touchdowns … also rushed 10 times for 26 yards and one touchdown … opened his senior season with nine catches for 55 yards and one touchdown versus Louisiana Tech … followed it up with 12 catches for 154 yards and two scores versus No. 6 LSU … all three of his marks were career highs at the time, and earned him Big 12 Co-Offensive Player of the Week honors (Sept. 9) … caught 11 of his 12 receptions in the second half against the Tigers, setting a Texas record for the most receptions in a half … logged 60 receiving yards on six catches at Rice … posted his second 100-yard game and second 12-catch game of the year with a 12-catch, 108-yard outing in Texas’ Big 12 opener versus Oklahoma State … also scored a touchdown versus the Cowboys to mark the 100th reception of his career … made six catches for 86 yards at West Virginia … scored on a 13-yard rushing touchdown – the first of his career – against the Mountaineers … hauled in eight passes form QB Sam Ehlinger for 54 yards in the 2019 AT&T Red River Showdown versus No. 6 Oklahoma … caught eight passes for 110 yards and tied his career high with two receiving touchdowns versus Kansas … logged eight catches for a career-high 179 yards and one score at TCU … caught a 47-yard touchdown from QB Sam Ehlinger, the sixth 40-yard touchdown of his career … also recorded a 63-yard reception versus the Horned Frogs… his 69 catches and 800 yards through eight games were the most by a Texas receiver through eight games in school history … the 11th Big 12 receiver with 65-plus catches, 800-plus receiving yards and more than five receiving touchdowns through eight games in the last 20 seasons … caught nine passes for 110 yards against No. 16 Kansas State … made 78 catches through the first nine games of the season, placing him alongside Jordan Shipley (2009) as the only Longhorns with at least 75 catches through nine games in school history … hauled in nine passes for 107 yards at Iowa State … his performance in Ames pushed him past 2,000 yards for his career … the tenth 2,000-yard receiver in Texas history … also pushed him over 1,000 yards for the season … the tenth 1,000-yard season in UT history … only the second Longhorn to reach 1,000 receiving yards in 10 games (Jordan Shipley, 2009) … marked his fourth-straight game with at least 100 receiving yards … the longest 100-yard streak by a Longhorn since Roy Williams’ seven-game run across the 2002 and 2003 seasons … caught 10 passes for 78 yards against No. 13 Baylor … marked his fourth game with double-digit catches this season, the most by a Longhorn since Shipley did so six times 2009 … was his ninth game with at least eight catches, the most in school history … caught six passes for a career-high 199 yards and a touchdown against Texas Tech … marked his seventh 100-yard game this season, tying Jordan Shipley (2009) and Wane McGarity (1998) for the school record … scored a 75-yard touchdown, the longest offensive touchdown by a Longhorn since 2016 … all six of his catches against the Red Raiders covered at least 15 yards, and five of the six resulted in gains of more than 20 yards … all six receptions also resulted in first downs for the Longhorns … made at least six catches in all 12 regular season games … the first Longhorn to make at least six catches in the first 12 games of the season since Kwame Cavil in 1999 … finished his career with three catches for 92 yards and one touchdown in the Valero Alamo Bowl versus No. 11 Utah.
JUNIOR (2018)
Played in and started all 14 games … was third on the team with 41 catches for 546 yards and four touchdowns … started at receiver in the season opener against Maryland and had four catches for 58 yards, including a diving, 39-yard touchdown catch … had one catch for six yards in the win over Tulsa … had one catch for nine yards in the win over USC … caught two passes for 23 yards against TCU in the Longhorns’ 31-16 victory … had a career-best six catches for 43 yards in the Longhorns’ 19-14 road victory at Kansas State … had three catches for 34 yards in a 48-45 victory over No. 7 Oklahoma … had one catch for 15 yards in the 23-17 win over Baylor … had three catches for 49 yards in the 38-35 loss to Oklahoma State … totaled six catches for 100 yards and a touchdown in the 42-41 loss to No. 12 West Virginia … had four catches for 66 yards and two touchdowns in the 41-34 road win over Texas Tech … caught two passes for 18 yards in the victory over Iowa State … had 3 catches for 47 yards in the 24-17 road win over Kansas … had three catches for 56 yards in the Big 12 Championship Game … had two catches for 22 yards in the 28-21 win over Georgia in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
SOPHOMORE (2017)
Named Academic All-Big 12 First Team … played in all 13 games and started the season-opener against Maryland … caught one pass for 15 yards in the season opener against Maryland … played in a 56-0 win against San Jose State in week two and also on the road against No. 4/4 USC … had one catch for six yards in the Longhorns’ 17-7 win at Iowa State … had a strong game in a double-overtime win against Kansas State, grading out as one of the best at the unit despite having no catches … had a season-long catch of 42 yards in the AT&T Red River Showdown … caught one pass for nine yards against No. 10/11 Oklahoma State … did not have a reception in a 38-7 win at Baylor … caught one pass for 11 yards in a loss at No. 10/12 TCU … had one catch for nine yards in the Longhorns’ 42-27 victory over Kansas … had one catch for nine yards in the Longhorns’ 28-14 win at No. 24/25 West Virginia … caught two passes for 23 yards against Texas Tech.
FRESHMAN (2016)
Played in all 12 games and made two starts (Kansas State and Texas Tech) … had 20 catches for 412 yards (second on team) … tied for the team lead with three touchdown catches … made his career debut on special teams against Notre Dame … played primarily against UTEP on special teams … was the Longhorns’ primary kickoff returner against California … had five returns for 114 yards (22.8 avg) … also registered his first career reception which went for 10 yards … played against OSU with one 6 yard reception … caught his first career touchdown in the Red River Showdown against Oklahoma, a 63-yard pass on a wheel route … had three receptions for a team-high 81 yards … caught a career-high four passes for 96 yards and a touchdown … touchdown came from 75 yards out, the sixth-longest TD reception by a freshman in school history … was named Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Week for his efforts … made his first career start at Kansas State … caught just one pass, an 80-yard touchdown … has recorded three TD receptions in the last three weeks … three TD receptions is tied for second in school history among freshmen … his three consecutive games with a TD reception is the seventh-longest streak in school history … 80-yard TD reception is tied for fourth among freshmen in school history … now leads the team with 273 receiving yards and is tied for the team lead with three TDs … had one reception for two yards against Baylor … started in the game against Texas Tech … had two catches for a total of 25 yards … had three catches against West Virginia totaling 29 yards … had one solo tackle against Kansas … had three catches for 73 yards against TCU.
HIGH SCHOOL
Coached by Mark Behrens at Sachse … an All-America, two-time all-state and three-time all-district honoree … selected to participate in the 2016 Under Armour All-America Game … invited to participate in Nike’s 2015 The Opening … over his last three seasons, compiled 170 receptions for 2,906 yards (17.1 ypr) and 36 touchdowns, along with 105 rushes for 1,077 yards (10.3 ypc) and 11 touchdowns with two kickoff return touchdowns … named first-team 6A All-State by the Associated Press and Texas Sports Writers Association in 2015 … chosen to the All-USA Texas First Team by USA Today … tabbed first-team All-District 11-6A … one of three wide receivers named “Tops in Texas,” chosen to the 2015 Super Team and to “2016 Texas’ Best” by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football … picked the No. 2 recruit in North Texas and second-team All-Area by the Dallas Morning News … placed No. 8 on the Austin American-Statesman’s 2016 Fab 55 … rated No. 41 nationally (No. 4 WR) and No. 3 WR in Texas by Scout … ranked No. 42 nationally (No. 3 WR) and No. 6 overall in Texas by ESPN … rated No. 52 nationally (No. 8 WR) and No. 5 overall in Texas by Rivals … ranked No. 72 nationally (No. 9 WR) and No. 7 overall in Texas by 247Sports … caught 62 passes for 1,142 yards (18.4 ypr/103.8 ypg) and 16 touchdowns to go with 47 rushes for 520 yards (11.1 ypc) and six touchdowns as a senior … helped Sachse to a 7-4 record, including a 4-3 district mark, and an appearance in the 6A Division I bidistrict playoffs in 2015 … tabbed third-team preseason 2015 Super Team by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football … named honorable mention 6A All-State as both a wide receiver and an all-purpose back by the Texas Sports Writers Association in 2014 … chosen first-team All-District 11-6A as a receiver … recorded 62 receptions for 990 yards and nine touchdowns with 33 rushes for 290 yards and three touchdowns as a junior … helped Sachse to a 6-4 record in 2014 … tabbed first-team All-District 11-5A in 2013 … totaled 46 catches for 774 yards and 11 touchdowns with 25 rushes for 267 yards and two touchdowns as a sophomore … notched three 100-yard games … helped Sachse to an 11-1 record, including an undefeated regular season, a District 11-5A Championship with a 6-0 mark, and an appearance in the 5A Division 1 area playoffs … also participated in track and field … won the 2015 100m 6A State Championship with a time of 10.27 … ran anchor in helping Sachse to a seventh-place finish in the 2015 6A state 4x100m relay with a time of 41.38.
PERSONAL
Son of Henry and Rozena Duvernay … has a twin brother, Donovan, who was a defensive back for the Longhorns … uncle, Calvin Murray played baseball at Texas … cousin is Kyler Murray, a quarterback at Oklahoma … uncle, Kevin Murray played quarterback at Texas A&M in the 1980s … uncle, Charles Murray played wide receiver at North Texas in the late 1970s … uncle, Vince Murray played defensive back at Tulsa … born in Garland, Texas … four-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll … named Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2017, 2018) … graduated with a degree in sport management with a minor in business.
